Archive for January, 2012

(Washington, DC January 24, 2010) The nominees for the 26th annual Washington Area Music Awards (WAMA) were announced today and urban jazz harmonicist Frédéric Yonnet got nods in two categories — Urban Contemporary Instrumentalist and Urban Contemporary Recording. The later…Read more
Anaheim, Calif, January 22, 2012—Frédéric Yonnet represented C.A. Seydel Söhne harmonicas as an endorsee at The 110th National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) show which featured over 1,441 exhibitors and over 95,700 registered attendees from around the world. The annual trade…Read more

Anaheim, Calif, January 22, 2012—Frédéric Yonnet represented C.A. Seydel Söhne harmonicas as an endorsee at The 110th National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) show which featured over 1,441 exhibitors and over 95,700 registered attendees from around the world. The annual trade…Read more

[Washington, January 13, 2012] After attending Debra Lee’s BET Pre-Honors party on Friday night, Stevie Wonder stopped by Blues Alley to hear his friend and fellow harmonicist Frédéric Yonnet who had performed “Autumn Leaves” with violinist Chelsey Greene at Lee’s…Read more
[Washington, DC, January 13, 2010] Urban Jazz Harmonicist Frédéric Yonnet performed a soulful rendition of “Amazing Grace” at the memorial service of Ofield Dukes held at Shiloh Baptist Church, January 13, 2012, Washington, DC.
Hundreds of family, friends, political figures, media…Read more

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) — The National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) in conjunction with NEWORKS Productions presents, A Mighty Stream: A Celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr., and the American Freedom Movement through Music, Video and the Spoken Word. The concert, conducted by…Read more

Reprinted from the Washington Post, January 1, 2012
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by Erin Williams
Harmonica player Frederic Yonnet has been making music since he was a teen, and his talents have led him to work with artists such as Erykah Badu, Anthony Hamilton and…Read more